Human Growth and Development / Unit 8 HGD 1100 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mental Disorders in Childhood
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The idea
About sixteen and a half percent of US children had at least one mental disorder in one study, and about half of them received no treatment.
In practice
Depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, all able to begin in childhood.
Where people slip
Risk factors include parental mental illness, adverse childhood experiences, trauma and poverty; comorbidity, having more than one disorder, is common.
Your place on the trail
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